Panel Discussion

Two Rules

Last Saturday, I stated that city streets were designed and engineered for vehicular traffic. I stand by that statement. When pedestrians/joggers are added to the mix, there are two rules that apply.

? In the event of an accident involving motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic, the pedestrian is never at fault.

? If the pedestrian doesn't wear reflective clothing or lights, if they're hidden by snow banks, if they jump out from between parked cars or if they parachute into the roadway right in front of your car. See rule one!

Check with your insurance agent and make sure you're covered for the unseen, seemingly unaware of the dangers they present to roadway pedestrians.

Les Graebel

Manitowoc

Free health care

On March 21, the third anniversary of the oxymoron labeled the "Affordable Health Care Act" was honored in requiem-type recognition by the liberal media. In these three years, this Federal power grab of our health care requires huge tax funds for the new health bureaucracy, for support of Medicaid, Medicare, insurance "exchanges" and for Federal "mandate" insurance. Twenty-five states have wisely refused to fund insurance "exchanges," and many states prudently refuse to expand Medicaid eligibility. With HHS, IRA, and IPAB in control, Americans will have rationed care and a health plan but no health care. Does anyone still believe that Obamacare will be free?

John Goswitz

Manitowoc

No más Mexican products

.....and another thing!

Don't feed your pets treats manufactured outside of the United States! I recently gave our dog a rawhide from Mexico. It usually takes her weeks to tear one apart but in just a few minutes, it was half gone and smelled like a decaying, "road kill" deer in July. It ended up in the garbage. I examined the package and found out that it was made with beef rawhide not of beef rawhide and was more than 70 percent unnamed protein, which can be just about anything. I have written before, "If we read labels and buy from the U.S. we will create jobs," and now we will save our pets!

...this is ridiculous, stop it (buying foreign) already!

Roy Geigel

Manitowoc

Republican gridlock

Oklahoma has five congressional districts and two senators, all Republican. Oklahoma needed a new federal appeals court judge. Senator Coburn suggested to the president a judge whom he thought would be good for the job, his recommendation was approved by Senator Inhofe, saying he would be a great judge. President Obama agreed with the Republican senators and recommended their judge. Doing what the Republicans want and ask for apparently is not OK. The judge was nominated January 2012, the Senate filibustered him, not allowing a vote on his nomination for 263 days. When they finally allowed a vote on this judge, it was 93 to 0 to confirm. This Republican gridlock is breaking the institution where they work.

Jerome Bolle

Whitelaw

Rebuild? Or Rephrase?

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, in a report that analyzed what went wrong for Republicans during the 2012 presidential campaign, said that Republicans should:

? Stop talking only to themselves and become better acquainted with everyday Americans;

? build their party around pragmatic governors rather than strident members of Congress;

? get behind immigration reform and better tailor their message to immigrants, women and minorities; and

? stop being so reflexively defensive of corporate executives and the super wealthy.